The services which Defense Counsel are performing
are important public services for the interests of justice, and they
will have the protection of the Tribunal in the performance of their
duties.

In order that the Trial should proceed with due
expedition, it would seem desirable that Defense Counsel should
settle among themselves the order in which they wish to cross-examine
the Prosecution witnesses and propose to present their defenses, and
that they should communicate their wishes in this regard to the
General Secretary.

I hope that what I have said will be of
assistance to Defense Counsel in the preparation of their defenses.
If there are any questions in connection with what I have said which
they wish to ask, I will endeavor to answer them.

DR. ALFRED THOMA (Counsel for Defendant
Rosenberg): Mr. President.

THE PRESIDENT: Will you come to the desk please,
if you wish to speak. Will you state your name and for whom you
appear here?

DR. THOMA: Dr. Thoma, defense counsel for the
Defendant Rosenberg.

THE PRESIDENT: Yes. DR. THOMA: I should like to
ask whether the Defense will immediately get copies of the
interrogation of witnesses.

THE PRESIDENT: Copies of the Indictment? Those
have been served upon each defendant. Do I understand that you want
further copies for the use of defendants' counsel?

DR. THOMA: May I put my question more precisely?
I presume that all the statements of the defendants are to be taken
down in shorthand, and I would like to ask whether these will then be
translated into German and given to the Defense Counsel as soon as
possible.

THE PRESIDENT: If you mean a transcript of the
evidence which is given before the Tribunal, that will be taken down,
and if it is given in a language other than German it will be
translated into German and copies furnished to defendants' counsel.
If it is in German it will be furnished to them in German.

DR. THOMA: Will we get copies of the
interrogation of all witnesses? THE PRESIDENT: Yes; that is what I meant by a
transcript of the evidence given before the Tribunal. That will be a
copy, in German, of the evidence of each witness. DR. THOMA: Thank you.